#3 Apple Valley (30-1) vs # Eden Prairie (22-9)
Two of the top teams all year as both programs expected to be playing in the game. Eden Prairie played in the same game last season and would like to play in the Championship game. Apple Valley program has never been but are poised to make their run to the Championship game.
Apple Valley win the tip-off and Dennis Austin 2-0
Eden Prairie and Apple Valley 4 up with 16:00 left in the first half
Eden Prairie leads 11-9 with 11:00 left in the first half
Eden Prairie and Apple Valley tied at 15 with 7:00 left in the first half
Brock Bertram takes the lead for Apple Valley 17-15 with 5:58 left in the first half
Apple Valley leads 21-17 with 4:00 left in the first half
Grant Shaffer with and 1 layup to close the lead Apple Valley up 21-20 with 2:00 left in the first half
Apple Valley leads at halftime 30-22
Dustin Fronk with the first score of the second and Apple Valley get their first double digit lead 32-22
Apple Valley holding the lead 35-28 with 16:00 left in the second half
Andre Wallace warming up, Eden Prairie holding on down 39-35 with 12:00 left in the second
Eden Prairie with a 8-2 run to cut the lead 41-40 with 10:00 left in the second
Apple Valley calls T.O. up 48-47 with 6:44 left in the second half
Eden Prairie is in this game only down 51-50 with 4:00 left in the game
Eden Prairie calls T.O. down 53-51 with 2:42 left in the game
Apple Valley leads 55-51 with 2:00 left in the game
Eden Prairie calls T.O. down 57-53 with 1:02 left in the game
Tyus Jones makes the free throws to seal the game
Apple Valley gets the win 62-55
Game Review Apple Valley gets the big time win to on to the State 4A finals. This game was very even for the most part.Eden Prairie was never able to make up the lead in the second half . When the possessions counted the most Tyus Jones made the right plays to pull out the victory.Apple Valley won the game on the defensive end, coming up with big stop This game was a true competitive contest as both teams gave their all and left it on the court.
Apple Valley This was a great team effort for Apple Valley as the get the win to move on to the Chapionship game. Apple Valley did a great job of closing each half and finishing smart. Tyus Jones 23pts 5ast 6stl defense was on 10 as he was a play-maker on both sides of the ball pushing his to the win. Dennis Austin 15pts 8reb set the tone for this game with hi post play and physicality. Brock Bertram 9pts 13reb had rough night from the field going 4/11, but still had a major impact controlling the paint. Dustin Fronk 11pts and Harry Sonie 2pts 3ast had solid games and played great defense on Andre Wallace.
Eden Prairie Eden Prairie did not lose this game at all as they fought to the end, but never able to take the lead back after falling behind double fugues to start the second half. Eden Prairie got major contributions from all the players but fell short of the big victory. Anthony Anderson 15pts 11reb and Jack Cottrell had big time games giving Eden Prairie a chance to get a win. Grant Shaffer 12pts 0 ast 7to and Andre Wallace 6pts 1ast 4to had rough games at wrong time. Eden Prairie needed their A game and did not have it.
